Dowsing is a term that means using a divining rod to find underground water. Dowsers look for water using a forked stick, usually a willow branch. Supposedly, only a few people can locate water by dowsing, and most people have never witnessed it being done. It remains mysterious, and is often dismissed as unscientific; a sleight-of-hand; or a falsehood. There have been a number of North Dakotans known for finding water by dowsing, including Stella Long, a woman from Epping, near Williston.